Campus & Community

The Bauer Leaders Academy is accepting seed grant applications from faculty in any discipline to develop a new course or infuse an existing course with material that helps students think critically about purpose and leadership. Submissions are due Nov. 30.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Even as a child growing up in north St. Louis County, WashU junior Precious Barry was aware that society often underestimates young people from communities like hers. Yet Barry defied expectations and earned admissions to dozens of colleges, including a full-ride scholarship to WashU.

WashU’s latest building renovation in Cortex will provide space and support for bioscience startups.

Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD, has been named director of the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Apheresis in the Department of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine.

J. Westley Ohman, MD, a leader in complex aortic surgery at WashU Medicine, has been named the new director of the Division of Vascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery.

Xuming He, the Kotzubei-Beckmann Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, is the recipient of the 2025 Gottfried E. Noether Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Statistical Association.

In compliance with a new federal law, Washington University in St. Louis has updated its policies and launched a new website to provide information on state law and university policy regarding hazing and reporting and prevention efforts.

WashU Medicine is one of eight academic medical centers to be selected for the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. The program will provide funding to train a movement disorder specialist in the Department of Neurology.

Jorge A. Di Paola, MD, a professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, has been honored by the American Society of Hematology with the 2025 Mentor Award in Basic Science.